15 Awkward Moments That Turned Into Unforgettable Stories

There are certain points in our lives where we get ourselves into an awkward situation. We may be flustered or just playing it cool to survive that awkward moment. It may serve as a core memory or may be categorized into something that must be buried in the ground. People on the internet shared their awkward moments that might’ve stayed in their memories or just give them sudden giggles when reminded of. Let’s dive in.

• Once a co-worker accidentally texted me a message intended for her boyfriend, who was cheating, to choose her or the other girl because she wasn’t sharing him anymore. © Phenominal_Flair / Reddit
• I was over at a friend’s house, and I was running to the garage to grab a few more sodas from their fridge. As I’m walking towards the garage, my friend’s mother is just coming home. I run into her at the garage’s doorway, and we exchange “hellos” and so forth.
  I go to grab the sodas, and his mom is still at the doorway, taking off her shoes before she enters the house. I’m now at the doorway, and she reaches her arm out to press the garage door button. I thought she was trying to hug me, so I quickly extended my arms too, but at the last second realized she’s closing the garage door.
  In an attempt to save myself, I pretend I was leaning against the wall to save myself from falling, but she goes in, and we awkwardly hug. This wasn’t a normal hug, this hug lasted about two seconds, and it was possibly the most awkward moment for both of us. We didn’t say a word to each other afterwards, and I soon left to go home. Things haven’t been the same since. © DodoBoomase / Reddit
• I tried to open a train door when it stopped at the station to no avail, with a sea of people waiting behind me. After some futile attempts, I turned around to ask the people behind me if they wanted to have a go, only to then hear the alarm go off to automatically unlock and open the doors. They had not been released yet... © PlayfulPea6287 / Reddit

Accidentally said “Love you!” at the end of a call with an important client yesterday. I heard him giggle as I hung up, and I was mortified. Today, I saw he emailed me this:

• My best friend has the same name as my boss, and one night I was headed to McDonald’s with our DD friend. I texted my best friend: “You want any chicken nuggets?” No response. “I got them for you anyway. I’ll see you soon.”
  The next morning, the boss asked where his chicken nuggets were 🤣 © Unknown author / Reddit
• When I was still young, at around 13, I went to a bathroom in school, and the stall was locked. A normal person would say someone is in there. But not me, my first thought was how do you lock a bathroom stall behind you? That’s not possible.
  So I crawled under the stall and boom, there was someone in there. A piece of me still cringes when I think about it. © SummerDarlingg / Reddit
• I went for a hug, and she went for a handshake. Then started to go for a shake and she went for a hug. It lasted a while. My dad was watching from the car. Lol, he was so embarrassed for me. © Unknown author / Reddit
• I was at a Department store doing some window shopping when this trendy song suddenly played. I forgot the title, but it would really make you dance, so I did. I am not a dancer, btw, I just did some weird moves.
  When I realized where I was, I saw a staff staring at me, trying to hold his laughter. I walked as fast as I could, as if nothing had happened.

• I was daydreaming in class, and for some reason, I thought of something really funny and ended up laughing out loud. The whole class looked at me, and the teacher asked if I was finished. He made a few jokes for the rest of the year about it. © IThinkItsAverage / Reddit
• We were at my boyfriend’s company holiday party—our first big event together. I wanted to impress his coworkers, so I dressed up.
  Things were going great until I excused myself to the restroom. When I came back, I noticed people staring. A few were whispering. My boyfriend looked concerned.
  He gently pulled me aside and whispered, “Um... babe... your dress...” I looked at it. Somehow, the back of my dress had gotten tucked into my underwear. I’d been walking around like that for at least ten minutes. I was mortified.
  To top it off, his boss had been standing right behind me at the buffet. “Loved your confidence tonight!” she joked on my way out. I spent the whole ride home with my face buried in my hands while he tried (and failed) not to laugh.
• I was at the mall with my mother. I was maybe 13 years old at the time and had gotten my first period. In all my naive excitement, I was going to tell my mother of this glorious event. Since we were in a public place, I decided to say what I was going to say in Korean.
  I proceeded to proudly say, “Mom, I got my period.” My mother gave me this horrified look and asked me in a menacing voice, “WHAT?!” Turns out, I had accidentally said, “Mom, I am pregnant.” © Unknown author / Reddit
• I had a divorce two years ago with my ex-wife due to differences in priorities and stuff. It was mutual. We stayed in contact and had a decent relationship as “friends”.
  Then I received a wedding invitation from her, I checked out the details, and to my shock, it said that the groom is my cousin. Well, I guess it would be quite awkward.

• When I was in 2nd grade, my brother and I would always be picked up after school by my dad. We had a green van with a red stripe on the side. So my brother grabs my hand and storms us up to the car.
  He rips open the door, sits us down, buckles me in, and then says, “Can we get McDonald’s on the way home?” We both look up, and there are two middle-aged adults sitting in the front seat who are OBVIOUSLY not our family. They stare at us, we stare at them. In my little brain, we’ve been staring at each other for at least ten minutes at this point.
  My brother unbuckles me, unbuckles himself, and we get out and walk away. No words were exchanged. We then checked who was in the car before getting in from that point forward. © nessabessa34 / Reddit
• I’ve been dating my crush for two weeks now. Each day feels like a fairytale with him. One time we went to eat and watch a movie in the cinema when we bumped into his parents.
  I was shy but got the courage to introduce myself, then shockingly, my boyfriend said, “This is Trixie, the friend I told you about.” My face turned red when I heard it. Trixie wasn’t even my name.
• This poor girl walked into my lecture by mistake about halfway through. This particular professor really enjoys talking to all of his students and was super engaging even with 400+ students in his class.
  When the girl walked in, my professor stopped teaching, looked at the girl, and asked if she was in the class. She said she was and began walking towards the front, where the open seats were. This is a fairly large lecture hall, and all 200 students (approximately how many actually show up to class) were now forced to watch this poor girl walk towards a seat because the professor didn’t continue talking and just stared at her.
  She got close to the front, and I think the pressure of the whole room got to her, and she said, “Actually, no, I’m not,” and turned around, and we all had to watch this poor girl climb back up the stairs and out of the hall. I was literally watching my worst nightmare. © PatodePlata / Reddit

Awkward moments can be memorable, but at the same time, you may also feel the secondhand embarrassment while reading about these odd situations. For more stories, check out this link.